the most successful explorers during the Age of Discovery. Europeans had always been attracted by the spices silver and gold that India held‚ but it was impossible to travel through land to attain these goods. It would have meant to pass through highly disputed Mediterranean land or the dangerous Arabia. After decades of sailors trying to reach India with hundreds of lives and dozens of ships lost‚ Vasco de Gama reached India in 1498. With the discovery of this trade route‚ it upheld
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Introduction Over the centuries that maps have been created‚ they have changed by a lot‚ they have gotten some helpful tools such as BOLTS which has made understanding maps much easier. This essay will focus about the compass‚ the age of discovery‚ how the compass has made maps more accurate‚ how maps have changed over time and a comparison between an old map and a modern map. Compass The compass is a tool which has helped navigation greatly‚ it is a navigation tool which allows people to know what
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forced to turn back to England. The second voyage was in 1610-1611 He traveled to Canada. The other ship was the Discovery. I think he was a very good explorer‚ he loved to explore. Some of the things Henry Hudson would use during his voyages were bells‚ ropes‚ maps‚ compasses‚ and telescopes. He used these tools in both his voyages. The Half Moon and the Discovery were both small ships‚ about 80 tons‚ and carried less than twenty crew. The length of these ship were about 80 feet.
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The period from 1450 to 1650 is often referred to as the “Age of Discovery‚” an era of advances in geographical knowledge and technology. It was also a time of European migration to other parts of the world. This Age of Expansion and European exploration from 1450 to 1525‚ greatly promoted by economical‚ technological‚ political‚ and religious factors‚ launched a major turning point in world history. The economy of late fifteenth century played an important role in European conquest. The Ottoman
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The Age of Discovery was a period of time in history where new lands were discovered all throughout the world by explorers. Explorers from Europe embarked on many different journeys all across the world to America‚ Asia‚ and many other places. This was a very exciting time when the explorers were expanding our knowledge of the planet. This spread European ideals to other countries and this was the beginning of European type civilizations in America. Although there were many explorers in the Age
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astrolabe first occurred in the Mediterranean during the Middle Ages. Although land astrolabes were invented in theHellenistic period and existed in classical antiquity and the Islamic Golden Age‚ the oldest record of a sea astrolabe is that of Majorcan astronomer Ramon Llull dating from 1295.[3] The perfectioning of this navigation instrument is attributed to Portuguese navigators during early Portuguese discoveries in the Age of Discovery.[4][5] The earliest known description of how to make and use
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During the age of exploration‚ the idea of exploring had affected the lives of many people. The drive to explore the unknown led to the creation of many new inventions. These inventions made exploration easier and more efficient. Some advancements were the compass and the Portolani chart‚ which allowed them to know where and what direction they were going. Others included the Astrolable‚ used for measuring latitude‚ and the caravel‚ which was a different type of sail that made the boats faster. These
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In the early modern period‚ silver became the currency of the world. Never before had any good been so zealously sought after or acquired. Not even the grand spice trade routes over Asia could compare with the enormous scale and complexity the discovery of deposits of silver in Spanish America and Japan brought to global commerce. The silver trade initially brought extravagant‚ even opulent‚ wealth to Europe‚ China‚ Japan‚ and the traders in these nations‚ but in the end resulted in one of the most
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The age of exploration marked the period of Europe’s expeditions to India‚ Asia‚ and the Americas. The focal point of these voyages were to attain wealth. These discoveries permanently altered the face of geography. The first country to set off the dawn of discovery was Portugal‚ sponsored by Prince Henry‚ where they explored the west coast of Africa. Later Portugal successfully ventured around the southern tip of Africa and found a new sea route to India by Vasco de Gama. Portugal also discovered
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South America The Age of Exploration was an important time period in history without which the modern map would not be as we see it today. During this era‚ Europeans had a sudden urge to explore‚ discover‚ a feeling they had never had before. With the advancement in technology‚ the Europeans‚ as well as the Asians were able to explore the uncharted seas and discover the unknown land. During this time‚ many discoveries were made‚ but the one most remembered is the discovery of the Americas. This
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